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-==November 16==
+==November 30==
-Bulbapedia is, as you know, a community project. However, every community has its leaders, and a number of positions have become available.
+This particular issue is actually rather important, so we're hoping that bringing it to everyone's attention will make an impact.
-Active contributors to articles under the {{bp|Project Games}} scope are invited to apply for the position of {{bp|Project Leader}}. A wide knowledge of all Pokémon games is required, especially regarding the oft-neglected [[side games]]. One or more users may be selected (as co-Leaders). If you are interested, see the {{bt|Project Games|talk page}} for details.
+'''When uploading images, please be sure that the filenames contain alphanumeric (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) characters only!'''
-[[n:Front page|Bulbanews]] is also hiring. A range of positions have become available overseeing various sections of the site including (but not limited to) anime, games, TCG and miscellaneous/other. These "section editors" will be directly answerable to Bulbanews's Editor-in-Chief (currently {{u|Argy}}) and will govern over their selected fields. If you feel you have something to offer, see {{bmgf|48029|this forum thread}}.
+We've had this message up at the top of the archives for ages now, but people still aren't paying attention to it. This is not just an issue of filename aesthetics, as some people seem to be treating it as. Putting filenames up there with characters outside of these, including punctuation, Japanese characters, or just weird characters (such as those from glitch Pokémon for instance) cause problems with our web server. I'll save you the specifics, but it results in a cascade which can cause the server to lock up in a manner which requires us to perform a manual reset.
-If you don't think you're ready for a leadership role, that's fine. Bulbapedia and Bulbanews's writers are just as important. Don't forget we have a huge number of incomplete and low-quality pages: do your best to help complete our Pokémon encyclopedia!
+It's a very simple request, and coming into December, I think we can all agree that we'd like to see as little downtime as possible from people simply not reading, or ignoring, the rules. Any users who can't do during this holiday period will be receiving a ban from editing and uploading on the Bulbawiki network until the New Year. There will be no warnings, no second chances.
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